Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
Therefore they sought again to take him - true to their original understanding of His words, because they saw perfectly well that He meant to "make Himself God" throughout all this dialogue.
But he escaped, [ exeelthen (G1831 ), 'went' or 'passed'] out of their hand - slipping, as it were, or gliding away out of their grasp, just when they thought themselves sure of having Him. (See the note at Luke 4:30; and at John 8:59.)